rennen

See also: Rennen and rënnen

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɛ.nə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: ren‧nen
• Rhymes: -ɛnən

Etymology 1

A merger of two related verbs:

• Middle Dutch rinnen (“to flow, to run fast”), from Old Dutch *rinnan, from Proto-Germanic *rinnaną.
• Middle Dutch rennen (“to run/ride fast”), from Old Dutch *rennen, from Proto-Germanic *rannijaną.

Alternative forms

• rinnen (obsolete)
• runnen (mainly sense thicken)

Verb

rennen

1. (intransitive, about people or animals) to run, to move fast
2. (intransitive, about fluids) to run, flow, stream
3. (intransitive, about fluids) to flow together, combine, thicken
4. (intransitive) to leak, seep through

Inflection

Conjugation of rennen (weak)
infinitive	rennen
past singular	rende
past participle	gerend
infinitive	rennen
gerund	rennen n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	ren	rende
2nd person sing. (jij)	rent, ren2	rende
2nd person sing. (u)	rent	rende
2nd person sing. (gij)	rent	rende
3rd person singular	rent	rende
plural	rennen	renden
subjunctive sing.1	renne	rende
subjunctive plur.1	rennen	renden
imperative sing.	ren
imperative plur.1	rent
participles	rennend	gerend
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Synonyms

• (to move fast): hardlopen, lopen

Derived terms

• renner
• wedrennen
• hondenrennen
• paardenrennen

Etymology 2

Noun

rennen

1. (deprecated template usage) Plural form of ren

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German

Etymology

From a merger of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German rennan (from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *rannijaną), and (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German rinnan (from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *rinnaną). A similar development of merging roots can be seen in Dutch rennen and English run as well.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʁɛnən]

• Audio:

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Verb

1. (intransitive, auxiliary: “sein”) to run; to race; to sprint (said of competing sportsmen, animals etc.)

   So schnell wie Mike rennt niemand in der Klasse.

   In this class, nobody runs as fast as Mike.

   Der Gepard ist das Säugetier, welches am schnellsten rennen kann.

   The cheetah is the mammal which can run the fastest.

2. (transitive, auxiliary: “haben”) to run over (someone)

   jemanden zu Boden rennen ― to run someone to the ground

Usage notes

Although laufen is used more frequently than rennen in the sense of to run, the latter is often used to describe running fast or to an excessive degree, like a hunting animal or a sprinter does.

Die Sportler rannten alle sehr schnell. — The sportsmen all ran very fast. -but- Sie laufen, wie jeden Morgen, zu Fuß zur Schule. — They run (or jog) to school on foot, as they do every morning.

Conjugation

As a result of the merger of Old High German rinnan and rennan, the verb does follow the same ablaut-pattern as kennen but has regular endings in its preterite and past participle like other weak conjugated verbs. Template:de-conj-strong

Derived terms

• Rennen n
• Renner m
• Rennerei f
• herabrennen
• hinaufrennen
• nachrennen
• überrennen
• vorrennen
• wegrennen
• zurückrennen

See also

• laufen
• rasen
• Raserei f

Further reading

• “rennen” in Duden online

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Japanese

Romanization

rennen

1. Rōmaji transcription of れんねん

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Luxembourgish

Etymology

Cognate with German rennen, Dutch rennen, English run.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʀænən/
• Rhymes: -ænən

Verb

rennen (third-person singular present rennt, past participle gerannt, auxiliary verb sinn)

1. (intransitive) to run

Conjugation

Regular
infinitive	rennen
participle	gerannt
auxiliary	sinn
	present indicative	imperative
1st singular	rennen	—
2nd singular	renns	renn
3rd singular	rennt	—
1st plural	rennen	—
2nd plural	rennt	rennt
3rd plural	rennen	—
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

Synonyms

• (to run): lafen

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English rinnan, with variants from irnan, iernan, from Proto-Germanic *rinnaną (“to flow, run”).

Verb

rennen (third-person singular simple present renneth, present participle renninge, first-/third-person singular past indicative ran, past participle runne)

1. to run

Alternative forms

• renne, ren, rene, renen, reinen, reinnen, raine, rainen, runne, ronne, ronen, roun, ruine, herne
• rinne, rinnen, rin, rine, rinen (northern, northeast Midlands)
• erne, ernen, eorne, eornen, urne, urnen, uerne, hurnen (southern Midlands)
• eorne, eornen, urne, urnen, uerne, hurnen, irne, irnen, hirnen (southwest Midlands)
• heorne, eærne, earnæ (early southwest Midlands)
• eorne, eornen, urne, urnen, uerne, hurnen, irnen, hirnen (Early Middle English)

Descendants

• English: rin, run
• Scots: rin
• Yola: rhin

References

• “rennen, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

From Old English ærnan and Old Norse, perhaps from Proto-Germanic *rannijaną (“to cause to run, flow”). Compare Middle Dutch rennen (“to run, ride fast”).

Verb

rennen (third-person singular simple present renneth, present participle rennende, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle rende)

1. to ride (transport oneself on horseback) swiftly

Alternative forms

• renne, arnen
• ærne, ærnen, eærne, hearne, earne, herne, erne (Early Middle English)